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- "It is a plate."
"It is a plate."
Translation:Αυτό είναι ένα πιάτο.
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Γιατί δεν μπορώ να γράφω "Είναι πιάτο", αλλά "Είναι ένα πιάτο" μόνο;
What I typed was correct with an english keyboard. This should either be accepted, or we should have a greek keyboard
At the moment we can only accept Greek. Here is a good virtual keyboard. There may be others but I use this and it is very good. And with one click you have a few excellent dictionaries and a text translator. The text translator is not precise but it can be helpful.
Danke, Grazie, Thank You, Ευχαριστώ, спасибо jaye16 (I copy-pasted from Google Translate).
You're welcome, παρακαλώ, Пожалуйста (same source :-)) Happy to be of help. We are preparing a Resouce page with some other helpful items where users can ask questions such as yours. So, users can have things all in one place and we can add to it as the questions come in. Best of luck on all your courses and keep those questions coming.
Super. Some of the dictionaries have a "listening" icon which is a great help for single words. I just sent it to someone who had trouble with Greek χ.
Greek "πιάτο" is exactly like Italian "piatto" both meaning "plate" (and also very similar in English). The German adjective "platt" could also be a cognate as it means "flat" like a flat surface (a plate is flat that's why).
Greek and italian πιάτο and piatto come from latin platus which was a loanword from greek πλατύς (this word is still in use) meaning "wide, flat". Platt also comes form latin platus through French.
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It is too difficult to have a greek key board on my computer!! That's why I cannot write in greek. SORRY
